ὄσσομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *óťťomai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ékʷ-ye/o- (“to see”); cognate with ὄψομαι (ópsomai, “I will see”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ós.so.mai̯/ → /ˈos.so.mɛ/ → /ˈo.so.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ós.so.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈos.so.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.so.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.so.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.so.me/

Verb

ὄσσομαι • (óssomai) (Epic)

1. to see with the mind's eye
2. to presage, have a foreboding of
3. to bode, forebode (something evil)

Conjugation

   Present: ὄσσομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ὄσσομαι	ὄσσεαι	ὄσσεται	ὄσσεσθον	ὄσσεσθον	ὀσσόμε(σ)θᾰ	ὄσσεσθε	ὄσσονται
	subjunctive	ὄσσωμαι	ὄσσηαι	ὄσσηται	ὄσσησθον	ὄσσησθον	ὀσσώμε(σ)θᾰ	ὄσσησθε	ὄσσωνται
	optative	ὀσσοίμην	ὄσσοιο	ὄσσοιτο	ὄσσοισθον	ὀσσοίσθην	ὀσσοίμε(σ)θᾰ	ὄσσοισθε	ὀσσοίᾰτο
	imperative		ὄσσεο	ὀσσέσθω	ὄσσεσθον	ὀσσέσθων		ὄσσεσθε	ὀσσέσθων
infinitive						ὄσσεσθαι
participle	m					ὀσσόμενος
	f					ὀσσομένη
	n					ὀσσόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ὀσσόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ὀσσόμην	ὄσσου	ὄσσετο	ὄσσεσθον	ὀσσέσθην	ὀσσόμε(σ)θᾰ	ὄσσεσθε	ὄσσοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

The active form ὄσσω (óssō) is attested only once.

Derived terms

• προτιόσσομαι (protióssomai)

Further reading

• “ὄσσομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press